Vehicle-wheel.



No. 836,302. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

s. s. GHILD8.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZQ, 1905.

III.

IN VENT OR WITNESSES;

UNITED STATES BA TENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL S. OHILDS, OF BERNARDSVILLEQ NEW JERSEY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. Games, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bernardsville, in the county of Somerset and State of NewJersey, have invented, certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-.Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide an automobile or othervehicle wheel with an elas ic tire of great durability and generalefliciency which will be, however, less expensive than the rubber tiresnow in vogue and one which may be repaired in the event of damage withease, and to secure other advantages and results, will be hereinafterreferred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved vehicle-wheel and in thearrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially aswill be hereinafter set'forth, and

finally embraced in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each ofthe figures, F igure' 1is a side elevation of a portion of a wheel of my improved construction;and Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken at line X.

In said drawings, 5 indicates the hub and axle of the improved Wheel, 6the spokes thereof, and 7 represents the rim or felly. be of anyordinary construction,

other materials. I

In the referred construction the rim 7 is periphera ly grooved toreceive the basepiece 8 of the tire, which base-piece may be separablyfastened .u on said rim in .the manner indicated in Fig. 1, where theends of said base-piece are turned, as at 9'9, to form ears, which areperforated to receive a bolt 10. A nut 11 serves to holdsaid bolt insaid'ears and the baseepiece firmly in said groove, and said parts maybetightened from time to Specification of Letters Patent.

application filed May 29,1905. Serial No. 262,715-

some of which VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Patented Nov. 20, .1906.

time should there be anyshrinkage or wear to be taken up in the wheel.

The base-piece 8 serves as a foundation or support for a series ofsprings 12 12 12, which are curved to extend away from the rim and forman elastic tread-surface for the wheel. Said springs at their inner endsare formed to provide bearing-surfaces 13, by which they may be properlyseated upon the base 8, and said' springs at said bearings arepreferably removably seated upon said base, so that should one of thesprings break it may be at once replaced with convenience and ease,extrasprings being presumably carried in the vehicle. I may employ bolts orscrews 16 of any ordinary kind in fastening these springs upon the base,or said springs may be riveted in place or locked by lock-nuts in anyproper manner. From the bearing 13' of. said springs the said springscurve outwardly, as at 14,- and toward their free extremities lie inpositions approximately concentric with the periphery of the rim 7, asat 15, the free extremity overlapping and each spring engaging thespring next in succession, as indicated in Fig. 1, to form a continuouselastic treadsurface. I prefer to form at the said free overlyingextremities of the springs at the opposite sides thereof keeper-lugs 17,(shown in Fig. 1,) which engage the opposite side edges of the nextspring of the series 'to hold the springs in the proper alinement orprevent lateral displacement. I may, however, dispense with such lugs asindicated in connection with certain of the springs of Fig. 1.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is An improvedwheel comprising portion, a detachable band on the rim of the wheel, anda series of leaf-springs on the band having their free ends bentconcentric to the wheel and having the free end of each spring incontact with the next succeeding spring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this24th day of May, 1905.

' SAMUEL s'. OHILDS.

Witnessesz CH ARLES H. PELL, RUSSELL M. EVERETT.

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